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Trimmed in a luminescent blue glow and with easily visible backlit buttons, this stylish light blue player holds up to 1,250 songs (83 hours) at 128 kbps or 2,500 songs (166 hours) at lower-fidelity 64 kbps (MP3/WMA)--that's a solid week's worth of music listening, never playing the same song twice. Compatibility with Microsoft's WMA compressed-audio format grants access to over 2 million downloadable songs offered promotionally or for sale online.
Perhaps the Zen Micro's coolest attribute is its DJ feature, which will shuffle not only all the songs you've loaded or all the songs on a given album, but also, at your discretion, only the tracks you listen to most, or only those you rarely hear, taking the work out of selecting your favorites or hunting out all the music you're still getting to know.
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Another of the Zen Micro's handy features is its personal organizer. You'll never forget an important anniversary with the onboard calendar, and it also includes a to-do list and a contacts list, all of which sync seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook (Outlook thus required for use of these features). In addition, the device offers a sleep timer and alarm so you can drift off to sleep to the strains of one playlist and wake to a completely different one.
The Zen Micro's removable battery is easy to swap with another fully charged battery (additional batteries sold separately), extending your listening by a half-day per swap.
What's in the Box
The Zen Micro player, stereo earbud headphones, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, a USB 2.0 cable, an installation CD, a quick- start guide, and Creative MediaSource software.
| CATEGORY: | Electronics |
| MANUFACTURER: | Creative Labs |
| FEATURES: | 12 hours continuous playtime using the supplied rechargeable lithium-ion battery; extend your listening using multiple batteries (sold separately), Includes headphones, a belt clip, a stand, and an AC/DC power adapter, Micro-sized 5 GB digital-music player stores up to 1,250 songs at 128 kbps or 2,500 songs at 64 kbps (MP3/WMA), Vertical touch pad simplifies navigation; body is curved to fit your hand, FM radio with 32 station presets for listening and recording; 10-hour voice recording through built-in microphone |
| TYPE: | Portable Audio, MP3 MP 3 Player, Jukebox, MP3 Player (MP 3), Digital Audio Receivers (Stereo), Gigabyte, 5GB, 5 GB |
| MEDIA: | Electronics |
| MPN: | 70PF108000039 |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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| UPC: | 054651082496 |
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Customer Reviews of Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Light Blue
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>Third, It would not charge from the USB port out of box, one has to install the Drivers/Media Source application to get it to charge which looks outright foolish specially when the system does not have required drivers on it or you have to sacrifice min 128 MB as HDD space for it to be able to charge. what a piece of BS. <
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>I am done with it. I have had enough with this player's nightmares.
Comprehensive Review
I'm going to begin with a basic review and then as an addenum address some of the complaints on the board.
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>With this in mind, I was led to the Zen Micro. I know creative creates great sound cards (I've had 2 of them) and I had also read that creative had the among the best fidelity of all audio players. Testing with a friend's zen micro and another's ipod, I noticed a clear difference in quality between the two using the same songs encoded at the same bitrate. I am, however, an audiophile, so many people may not notice the difference. Ipods tend to have weaker bass and less clarity.
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>Zen micro also had the features I was looking for that the ipod didn't: (compatability with subscription serviecs, not having to use system--resource-hogging i-tunes, and being able to transfer files between computers). The FM tuner and voice recording didn't really play into my account, but they work fine: the FM tuner is a bit weak, and I get a little static listening to NPR, but its not gruesomely bad either (what do you expect out of such a tiny device without an antenna?). The recording is ok too but the fidelity is really meant for note taking not recording a concert or anything.
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>This thing is extremely protable. It is about 3.8 ounces which is slightly heavier than the ipod mini and the nano, and it is thicker as well but I find that to be great because it cradles more easily into my hand (the back is curved). It is light enough so that I don't notice it while exercising using my arm-band at the gym (in terms of weight).
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>Anyone that insults the Zen Micro and then tells you to buy an ipod (especially a 20 gig one) seem to me to be an ipod fanboy trying to turn you away from a good product or is clueless about mp3 players. The zen micro is not competing really with ipods, its features put it in a different niche. The normal ipod was just too big for me and I didn't need to have 20 gigs with me at a time. Also the mediocre audio fidelity was a big turn-off to me.
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>Yes, there is a headphone problem, but noone is certain how really prevalent it is. Forums are a terrible way to tell because you're getting a self-selecting group of people. If yours breaks, of course you're gonna go whine about it online. If it doesn't, you just continue on doing what you've been doing and don't even know such boards exist so a board full of complaining people may not mean the player is bad.
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>That being said, the headphone problem does seem to be a systematic flaw (at least among those that expereince it) that occurs in because the headphone jack is apparently not soldered on very tight. Anecdotal evidence says that newer models are soldered on tighter, but noone knows for sure (not enough time to test). If you know how to solder components you can fix it but void your warranty. I don't think its that big of a problem, I talked to a local cambridge soundworks guy who said he never had any problems with the zen micro and that noone has returned it because of a headphone jack problem. If you're really worried, I suggest you get Amazon's replacement plan rather than Creative's extended warranty. Creative will send you a refurbished unit if yours gets broken, which begs the question, why is it refurbished in the first place? With Amazon they will send you a new one, which is a better deal. THey will also be likely faster than Creative which has like 1 month turnaround times (no, I don't work for amazon; this is what careful research has shown me).
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>To solve the headphone jack problem, do not leave your headphones plugged in while in not in use (this also saves battery life), and do not put it in your pocket or anywhere else where it can collide into things. This should not be hard as you should most likely have a belt clip or whatnot to protect your investment anyways. Get headphones with a 90 degree jack to limit torque as well.
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>The organizer does what it says, display downloaded outlook tasks. There is up to a three second lag between songs sometimes on shuffle. This is due to the harddrive in the device moving from one section of the disk to another. For songs immediately after another its not as noticable. There is usually about a 1 second average lag between songs when fowarding.
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>Thats about it, I just got my purchase and am glad I got it, its a cool little device that had all the features I wanted + some nice bonuses. I'm a little worried about the headphone problem but I know how to solder and I am extra careful with my player so I feel safe. I'm certainly glad I got it over an ipod, the sound quality is enough to push the micro far and beyond the ipod to me.
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ZEN MICRO WINS!!!!!
I got my zen about 4 months ago. People have all their reviews about how the Zen battery doesn't hold a charge. WRONG! I charged my player right before Hurricane Katrina. IT HELD ITS CHARGE FOR FIVE WEEKS STRAIGHT THROUGH HURRICANE KATRINA!! It has amazing sound quality and is extremely easy to use. The touchpad takes about 1 day to get used to. The software could be a little easier to use, but if you work hard enough you can easily figure it out. The battery will last about 10 hours of use. The battery also holds it charge for about a 7 weeks of no use. I recommend you use the DLO clear jam case for the Zen Micro. Zen Micro is definatly an IPOD killer. IPODs use only ITunes. Zen Micro uses any MP3 format. The Micro is the best.